Tag: UNICEF
Polio: UNICEF excited over eradication in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the eradication of polio in Nigeria amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic…
COVID-19: NCDC, UNICEF train Kano health workers
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Wednesday, began the training of 40…
UNICEF tackles Kano over 13 year-old jailed for blasphemy
UNICEF has expressed deep concern over the jailing of a 13 year-old boy by a Sharia court in Kano. The…
UNICEF pleads on behalf of 13-year-old who blasphemed
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to reverse the sentencing of a 13-year-old…
COVID-19: Over 463m school children lack access to remote learning
The United Nations in a new report says over 463 million school children worldwide lack access to remote learning, following…
Communities in Imo State set to end female genital mutilation
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Not less than 32 communities in Imo State, Nigeria have agreed that they would put an end…
Coronavirus: UNICEF charges Nigerians to seek information from trusted sources
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigerians to always source for relevant information on preventive measures about coronavirus…
UNICEF says violence against women, girls still common
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that violence against women and girls is still…
Child Rights: UNICEF partner with media to create awareness
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Kaduna Field Office, says it will work with the media and other institutions to…
Bauchi: UNICEF begins implementation of child-friendly initiative
The United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) says it has commenced a programme aimed at promoting the health and protection of…
NOA, UNICEF urge youths to speak against right abuses
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) and UNICEF have advised Nigerian youths to always speak out and report cases of human…
Pneumonia to kill 2m children in Nigeria – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says on Wednesday that two million children will die of pneumonia in Nigeria in…
UNICEF rolls out child-friendly community initiative
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) introduced Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) programme to cover Adamawa and 14 other states in the country,…
Critical sectors: UNICEF, Kwara renew partnership
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kwara State Government on Monday rolled out their key activities towards achieving…
NSCDC arrests 2 over diversion of UNICEF materials
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has paraded two men over alleged diversion of…
Cobhams, UNICEF call for better treatment of children
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), has pledged to support programmes targeted at promoting the rights of children in…
NBS signs MoU with UNICEF
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)…
‘Ending open defecation is everyone’s business’ – UNICEF
Mr. Zaid Jurji, Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for UNICEF says eliminating open defecation requires every Nigerian getting…
Kano establishes routine immunization coordination centres
The Kano State Government has established Routine Immunization Coordination Centres in the 44 local government areas of the state to…
Niger, UNICEF to eliminate corporal punishment in schools
The Niger state government on Tuesday said that it is partnering with UNICEF to eliminate corporal punishment in public and…
49% of children under five not growing well in Nigeria-UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said 49 per cent of children under the age of five in the country…
13.1 million Nigerian children are too short – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday raised concerns over an alarmingly high number of children suffering the consequences…
Bauchi schoolgirls call for more female teachers
School girls in Bauchi on Friday called for increase in female teachers in schools across the state to encourage girl-child…
UNICEF worried over malnutrition threat in Northern Nigeria
United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over severe acute malnutrition threat in some northern states, especially Borno,…
UNICEF, EU reducing maternal mortality in Kebbi – Anama
Alhaji Falke Anama, Village Head of Mahuta, Fakai Local Government Area of Kebbi says maternal and child deaths have reduced…
Indonesia parliament raises marital age for girls to 19
Rights groups on Wednesday welcomed the Indonesian parliament’s decision to raise the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19…
Kebbi rockets immunisation campaign with UNICEF help
Dr. Abubakar Kaoje, Executive Secretary, Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says immunization coverage in the state has improved…
UNICEF committed to child growth, development – official
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to support various state governments to tackle the…
UNICEF commends Colombia’s decision on Venezuelan children
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the Colombian government’s decision to prevent statelessness for thousands of children born in Colombia…
UNICEF converts plastics to bricks to build Ivory Coast schools
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced an innovative partnership to build a factory in Ivory Coast to convert plastic…